Bottle-cap remover



D. HASLUP.

l BOULE CAP REMov-ER. APPLICATION FILED APRIL-|919,

Patented May 3, 1921.

www @so DODSON HASLUP, 0F GRAFTQN, WEST VIRGINIA.

BOTTLE-CAP REMOVER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed Apri1'17, 1919. Serial No. 290,711.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, DoDsoN HAsLUr, a citizen0f the United States, residing at Grafton, in the county of Taylor andState of Test Virginia, have invented a new and useful Bottle-CapRemover, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to milk bottle cap removers, the objectbeing to provide a device which may be readily engaged with the bottleclosure and which will facilitate the removal of the closure from thebottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a milk bottle capremover which may be readily engaged with'the cap to remove the same andat the same time not spilling or splashing the contents of the bottle asis ordinarily experienced in removing these caps by hand.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device forremoving milk bottle caps or closures which may be engaged with thebottle cap and left assembled therewith so that the same may be handledto place the cap back in the bottle, and which will prevent the innerface of the cap from contacting with soiled surfaces when it is removedfrom the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to providea bottle cap remover whichis formed from a blank of sheet metal.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device of thisgeneral character which is simple in construction, consists of fewparts, and which may be manufactured and marketed at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the inventionconsists of combinations of elements, arrangements of parts,combinations and operations, which will be hereinafter fully enlargedupon and the inventive features defined in the appended claims, oneembodiment of the invention being illustrated in the drawing, whereinFigure 1 is a sectional view of my improved bottle cap removing deviceassembled with the bottle cap taken on line 1-1 of Fig, 2, a portion ofthe bottle being shown in cross section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device assembled with a bottle cap; and

Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. 1 showing thecap removing device inelevation.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate likeparts in all the views, the numeral 5 denotes a length of metal fromwhich my improved cap removing device is formed and has a large roundedpart 6 which constitutes the handle of the device, and also includes thenarrow portion 7 which extends at right-angles to the handle 6. Thisnarrow portion 6 is bent at right-angles adjacent its outer end and isextended in parallelism with the handle. The intermediate part of thelength of metal is struck out to aiiord a bottle cap engaging barb whichextends in parallelism with the intermediate portion and underlies thesame and is offset therefrom, one end of the barb being bent at a slightangle so that the same may be inserted into the cap or bottle closure.

When the device is being used the rightangle or upstanding part of thenarrow portion of the handle is engaged by the forenger of the operatorwhile the rounded part 6 constitutes a thumb engaging member.

Formed on the enlarged part 6 is a barb 9 which also may be used inremoving the bottle cap. An opening 10 is formed in this enlarged partand is adapted to engage upon a nail or the like when the device is notin use. Afterthe closure is extracted from the bottle, the device may beleft engaged in the same, and upon placing the closure upon a table orthe like, the device supports it in a position where the inner face ofthe same will not contact with the surface of the table.

This embodiment of the invention is merely illustrative and it is to beunderstood that the same is subject to minor changes and improvements,and that my limits of such changes are only governed by what is claimed.

' What'is claimed is :n

1. A bottle cap remover formed from a length of metal bent at rightangles adjacent its ends and extended in parallel relation, the parallelparts constituting a fore-finger engaging member and a thumb engagingmember respectively, and a single bottle cap Aengaging barb struck fromthe intermediate part of the metal and extending beneath the same andprojecting to the fore-finger engaging member and no farther, the barbbeing of substantially the same length as the intermediate part, andextending parallel with said part,

2. In a bottle closure removing device, a length of' sheet metalineludingan enlarged apertured portion and a reduced portion eX- tendinglaterally therefrom, the enlarged portion constituting a thumb-engagingmember, the reduced portion being extended at right-angles to thethumb-engaging member, the outer end of the reduced portion being flatand bent at right-angles and extended substantially in parallelism withthe thumbengaging member to afford a oreiinger engaging member, and abottle closure engaging barb struck `from the intermediate part of' themetal and totally underlying and extending parallel to said intermediatepart and within the confines of said right angularly extended members.

3. In a bottle cap remover, a length of metal having its opposite endsbent substantially at right angles, one end consisting o'l athumb-engaging member and the other consisting of a oreiinger-engaginemember, and a cap engaging barb struelr rom the intermediate portion ofthe length and extending entirely parallel to said intermediate portionand with its free end terminating at the inner tace of theforengenengagmg member. et. In a'bottle cap removing device a length `o1sheetmaterial bent at right angles adja- Cent its ends, the bent upportions extended 4in parallelism, one of said right angularly extendedmembers consisting ot a thumb engaged Vmember, the other right angularlyextended member consisting of a oreiinger engaging member and both ofsaid members being reetilinearly extended throughout the surta-cial areathereof, and a bottle cap enbarb struck from the intermediate part ofthe length of material at right angles Y in the presence of twoWitnesses.

DODSON HASLUP. i Witnesses JNO. W. McCArrnnrr, Y XVM. C. SHANLEY,

